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Grasse Carcasse

by Manu Larcenet

Series: Blast (1)

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A man - filthy, stinking, alone and obese - is taken in by the police. We don't yet know what he's done, or why he's there. But he's going to tell us his story. The story of a man who strives to live by his own rules, free from the bounds of socially imposed morality and norms, an ambition inspired by one blinding, ecstatic, vivid moment of ultilmate perfection in life and existence - The Blast. He makes the only choice possible for him after such an experience: he leaves everything behind and sets off to live, really live, in the wild, on his own. This first volume is a homage to the acute beauty of nature, solitude and feeling alive. And to the pain and brutality necessary for this man to find his way to another, purer, more complete level of existence. But is the mysterious 'Blast' really what it seems? And so the interrogation begins.Polzas story has many unusual twists, absurdities and horrors to go through before we get any closer to understanding the nature of the Blast, and Larcenets pacing and visual depictions of the journey make that a compellingly dark and intriguing story.The Digital Fix.… (more)
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Petit bijour de noirceur signé Larcenet, on a du mal à concevoir plus déprimant. Blast est une peinture au plus juste de la misère sociale et affective, retranscrite à travers le récit de vie d’une obèse au bout du rouleau. Le héros, si l’on peut dire, est en garde à vue et fait le récit romancé d’une vie de marginal qui a bifurqué après la mort de son père. On devine qu’un fait dramatique l’a conduit à se faire interroger, mais c’est d’abord le récit d’une vie d’ivresse et de liberté, entrecoupée d’expériences mystiques, que celui-ci va vouloir faire aux deux inspecteurs. Une de ces lectures qui vous change votre perception du monde et de l’autre.

Des dessins brillants par le dégoût qu’ils parviennent à charrier. Un obèse qui se hait et se goinfre, dont la vie n’est qu’une route vers l’abandon ou la mort. Entre moiteur, autodestruction et lâcher-prise, un dépressif face à lui-même voit probablement l’univers dans ces tons-là. A la fois crade et majestueux.

Strong points
1. Puissant, un coup de poing
2. Une écriture brute et poétique
3. Dessins magnifiques, un appel de la crasse vers l’au-delà

Weak points
1. Le “Blast” encore trop mystérieux
2. Le lien du héros à l’animal, tout aussi mystérieux
3. Il faut vraiment un troisième point? ( )
  corporate_clone | Feb 18, 2024 |
Un homme, obèse à la dérive. A la recherche du blast, le flash de lumière et de couleur, l’instant de contact avec l’univers et la conscience universelle. Une dérive dans le caniveau, la foret, les drogues, l’alcool, la violence et les barres chocolatées

Un livre sur la descente en folie

Le tout sur le fond d’une enquête et de meurtres à élucider face au coupable idéal

Un chef d’oeuvre, noir et lumineux comme un oxymore sans contradiction

Quatre tomes : grasse carcasse, l’apocalypse selon Saint Jacky, la tête la première, pourvu que les Bouddhistes se trompent ( )
  noid.ch | Oct 24, 2020 |
Beau dessin, histoire prétentieuse et qui n'a pas retenu mon intérêt. Pas terminé. ( )
  FlorenceArt | May 22, 2016 |
oui ! auteur à retrouver ( )
  Domdupuis | Jul 9, 2011 |
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A man - filthy, stinking, alone and obese - is taken in by the police. We don't yet know what he's done, or why he's there. But he's going to tell us his story. The story of a man who strives to live by his own rules, free from the bounds of socially imposed morality and norms, an ambition inspired by one blinding, ecstatic, vivid moment of ultilmate perfection in life and existence - The Blast. He makes the only choice possible for him after such an experience: he leaves everything behind and sets off to live, really live, in the wild, on his own. This first volume is a homage to the acute beauty of nature, solitude and feeling alive. And to the pain and brutality necessary for this man to find his way to another, purer, more complete level of existence. But is the mysterious 'Blast' really what it seems? And so the interrogation begins.Polzas story has many unusual twists, absurdities and horrors to go through before we get any closer to understanding the nature of the Blast, and Larcenets pacing and visual depictions of the journey make that a compellingly dark and intriguing story.The Digital Fix.

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